Giselle was born in Europe and migrated to Australia with her parents in 1950. Even as a young child she was interested in drawing and colour, she can remember her father giving her drawing lessons, he was an artist in Europe. Painting and drawing often resulted in top marks in both Primary and Secondary school levels. From there continued Tertiary art studies at Prahran College and RMIT. Giselle was an art teacher in secondary school.

"I think of my paintings as a totality of experience, often starting a painting with perhaps just a thought of colour or texture. I absolutely enjoy being creative with texture and pushing the boundaries (often never enough). As often happens I haven't a solid idea about the end result of a painting, I only feel the pressing urge to find anything on my painting surface that will give the painting a start, a life of its own, of course with the end result being a finished work. I am always looking for a beginning and an end."

Giselle's paintings reflect and relate to earth, connections, earth mother, the mystery of nature's colours, marks and textures. All these elements combine to produce a finished painting. The following words by American artist Frank Stella convey how Giselle feels about her work at present, especially as she has moved from realist art towards abstractions. "It's just that you can't go back. It's not a question of destroying anything. If something's over with what's the point in getting involved with it".